Land Surveyor 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 527G
- Class code
- 527G
- Salary range
- 68
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Land Surveyor 4 is $86,688 to $116,544 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 527G.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 68 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 |
| Monthly | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 |
| Hourly | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
Supervises and coordinates professional land survey activities within an organization.
Examples of the work
As chief-of-parties for an agency; supervises, schedules, and coordinates several survey teams in the accomplishment of surveys to establish property lines and boundaries; establishes the standards and procedures for the agency’s land survey work; evaluates new procedures and equipment; trains personnel. As the Supervisor of the Department of Natural Resources Public Land Survey Office; manages the acquisition and maintenance of statewide survey-related records that provide a means for the identification and preservation of survey points and land boundaries; provides administrative support for a five-member Survey Advisory Board; develops draft Washington Administrative Code rules related to ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience in professional government land office retracement and/or re-establishment land survey work, at or above Land Surveyor 3 or equivalent, after registration as a professional land surveyor. OR Equivalent education/experience.
Special requirements
Licensed as a professional land surveyor in the state of Washington. There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification. It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure the appropriate licenses/certifications are obtained for each position.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.